They may no longer be used for repelling enemy hordes or otherwise defending the kingdom, but these castles still have their rugged good looks.
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Bamburgh Castle, Bamburgh, Northumberland. Fortifications have stood on this rocky outcrop near the North Sea since the 5th century.
In the 12th century, King Henry II acquired the structure, and later it was [...]

The British government has defended its strategy in Afghanistan, a day after eight British soldiers were killed there.
A total of 184 British troops have now been killed in Afghanistan since the start of the war in 2002.
British foreign secretary David Miliband has rejected claims that British forces do not have the right equipment and says [...]

As a tyke growing up in Marietta, Ga., Melanie Oudin would watch Venus and Serena Williams on TV and tell anyone who would listen that she was going to play at Wimbledon, too, one day.
Who knew she’d be right? And do so well, so quickly?
Making her Wimbledon debut at age 17 after getting through qualifying, [...]

Can tomatoes be taught to make antiviral drugs for people who eat them? Would zapping your skin with a laser make your vaccination work better?
Could malaria-carrying mosquitoes be given a teensy head cold that would prevent them from sniffing out a human snack bar_
These are among 81 projects awarded $100,000 grants Monday by the Bill [...]